The coronavirus pandemic has created a lot of issues lately. That includes in the sports world. Leagues have been postponing, delaying and suspending their seasons. Meanwhile, the NFL had their first ever virtual draft.

Now the 2020 Supplemental Draft is approaching us. And according to Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk and Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports, the NFL does not plan on making any big changes to the event.

The Supplemental Draft is a little odd. It's a chance for players who have had their eligibility in College affected in some way. Those players are allowed to enter the Supplemental Draft. There, teams basically bid on them.

A team can say they are willing to give up a pick, and if they are the highest bid, they've drafted him.

So, if a team offers a third-rounder, and no one goes higher, they get the player. However, they also gave up a third-round pick in the next NFL Draft.

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Due to the circumstances, there were beliefs that the Supplemental Draft in 2020 would be absolutely loaded. We would suddenly see a lot of players decide they want to go to the NFL now instead of wait for a season, in case the coronavirus pandemic hurts the college football season.

That makes sense too. If the college football season is changed, it could potentially hurt the draft stock of quite a few players. Instead of taking that risk, they might want to enter now and get a job secured.

It appears the NFL does not want to allow that though. They have a very good relationship with the NCAA, one that is very beneficial to the NFL. So they would not want to make anyone there angry just to let a few more players in.

That isn't great for the players obviously, but the NFL likely sees keeping up their relationship with the NCAA as much more important in the long run.